Attack on cartoonist spurs Danish soul-searching

Article reports that Denmark was facing questions January 2010 over how a suspected Islamic extremist with alleged ties to al-Qaeda was allowed into the country to mount a failed assassination attempt against a Danish cartoonist targeted for his depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.

In February 2011 the Somali-born man Mohamed Geele was given a nine-year jail term for attacking the Danish cartoonist. Judges said the attack was an act of terrorism.

ESO: Background information: Danish cartoonist attacker suspected of al-Qaeda ties http://www.europeansources.info/record/danish-cartoonist-attacker-suspected-of-al-qaeda-ties/

BBC News, 4.2.11: Denmark cartoon trial: Kurt Westergaard attacker jailed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12366076

Deutsche Welle, 4.2.11: Danish courts sentences cartoonist attacker to prison http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14818503,00.html

Politiken, 4.2.11: Axeman gets nine years and deportation http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/ECE1186358/axeman-gets-nine-years-and-deportation/

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